§ 157.197 PROHIBITED SIGNS.

   (A)   General provisions.

      (1)   Signs are prohibited in all districts unless authorized under this code or constructed pursuant to a valid building permit when required under the code.

      (2)   A property owner may not accept a fee for posting or maintaining a sign allowed under § 157.198(D) and any sign that is posted or maintained in violation of this provision is prohibited.

   (B)   Prohibited signage. The following signs are prohibited in all districts:

      (1)   Signs containing any flashing or running lights or lights creating an illusion of movement, except for an electronic message sign approved as a special use by the Board of Zoning Appeals in accordance with § 157.214, and except as permitted under the provisions of § 157.198(G);

      (2)   Commercial signs in residential zones or on property used for non-transient residential use, unless approved as a special use by the Board of Zoning Appeals in accordance with § 157.214;

      (3)   Signs which imitate official traffic signs. This category does not include signs which are accessory to parking lots or driveways;

      (4)   Vehicle and trailer signs. Any sign attached to, or placed on, a vehicle or trailer moving or parked on public or private property except for signs meeting the following requirements:

         (a)   The primary purpose or use of the vehicle or trailer for any period of time must not be the display of signs.

         (b)   The sign must be:

            1.   A magnetic sign attached to a steel body panel of the vehicle or trailer;

            2.   An adhesive decal, including an adhesive vehicle wrap;

            3.   Painted onto the vehicle itself;

            4.   A delivery vehicle sign; or

            5.   An integral part of the vehicle or equipment as originally designed by the manufacturer.

         (c)   The vehicle or trailer on which the sign appears is in operating condition, currently registered and licensed to operate on public streets when applicable, and actively used or available for use in the daily function of the business to which such signs relate.

         (d)   When not in use, the vehicle must be parked within a legal parking space on the premises where the business is located or where the business is being conducted.

      (5)   Signs in any residential district, exceeding a height of three and one-half feet above the street grade, within 12 feet of the intersecting street lines bordering a corner lot.

      (6)   Signs in any business district within eight feet of the intersecting street lines bordering a corner lot.

      (7)   Signs in the public right-of-way, except for signs permitted under the provisions of § 157.198(A) and § 157.198(C).

      (8)   Signs on utility poles.

      (9)   Signs which move, or give the appearance of moving, except as permitted under the provisions of § 157.198(G), are not permitted. This category includes pennants, streamers, inflatable signs, balloons or other air or gas filled fixtures, "garrison" size flags and all other signs which flutter, undulate, swing, rotate, oscillate or otherwise move by natural or artificial means. This category does not include seasonal decorations.

      (10)   Signs off-premises, unless such sign is a temporary sign and is placed on the property of another property owner and that property owner consents to display the temporary sign.

(Ord. 2021-03, passed 10-13-2021)